Lab Update

A compendium of exploratory data

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Things that have happened recently

• Presented at conferences
• Submitted (and re-resubmitted Fire Phenology work)
• Some other stuff
• Resequencing!!

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Resequencing

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Some preliminary analyses of genetic data

Sierras

Sibship assignments and spatial extent of B. vosnesenskii and B. bifarius.

Vosnesenskii – First run of assignments, adjustments needed following J. Wang’s advice

Bifarius – First run

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McLaughlin B. vosnesenskii

Between-year PCA – possible effect of fire? Normal variation between years? Or just sequence differences across plates?

Much to be done!

• Further explorations
• Finalize COLONY assignments
• Estimates of foraging, dispersal, colony abundance, etc
  • How those things are modified by floral abundance, seasonality, fire, etc.
• Population genetics analyses (F_st, admixture, etc.) within and across McLaughlin, Sierras, and some Monterey samples.